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Latest large spam attacks - can anything be done at all?

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    #62
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    is it just me or is the spam getting worse


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    #63
    darjeeling
    Registered Users Posts: 962 ✭✭✭darjeeling


    Raphael wrote: »
    A trick I've used in the past is to have a question that is obvious and easy for a person to answer, but not for a spambot - something like, "Which eye is bigger on face in the boards.ie logo" If correct answer is given, registration proceeds.

    I did the same thing, and it worked.

    On a fairly small website for a club, around 5 spammers a day were getting past the optical 'captcha' software (the number had gone up sharply, probably due to improved OCR software). When I switched to a question that only a real person would be able to answer, with the answer obviously visible on the site, the number of spammer registrations dropped to zero.


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    #64
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,417 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    WIZE wrote: »
    is it just me or is the spam getting worse
    If you mean this week, not necessarily - it is simply that many people are away from their normal routine and not posting as much.


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    #65
    Headshot
    Registered Users Posts: 54,349 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    WIZE wrote: »
    is it just me or is the spam getting worse

    The smart spam arrived

    When will we see a fix for this spam?


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    #66
    TheChrisD
    Registered Users Posts: 4,570 ✭✭✭TheChrisD


    Has a tactic such as using a plugin that cross-references new registrations against a communal database such as StopForumSpam.com not been used?
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